Plastic Surgery Emergencies

Principles & Techniques

Plastic Surgery Emergencies presents a concise guide to the principles and procedures for rapidly evaluating and treating acute care problems in the emergency room setting or during on-call consultations. Using succinct descriptions and easily accessible bullet-points, the book instructs the reader in the protocols for a range of common and uncommon problems, from simple suture repair of lacerations to managing facial trauma to treating compartment syndrome of the upper extremity.

Breast Augmentation

Principles and Practice

Melvin A. Shiffman

Springer

All aspects of breast augmentation are covered in this comprehensive guide. It is divided into sections that include anatomy, preoperative consultation, the varieties of implants with pocket positioning, the varieties of surgical procedures and approaches, complications, mammography and medical legal aspects. The extensive array of information that is imparted to the surgeon without equal makes it a precious companion for students, residents and fellows, practicing surgeons and highly experienced surgeons in plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery, general surgery and other subspecialties.

Outcomes of Skin Surgery

A Concise Visual Aid

Graham Colver

Informa Healthcare

There is a great need for a visual resource to document, with clarity, the possible outcomes of surgery, including side effects and complications, and how these outcomes vary from individual to individual. Using a straightforward approach, Outcomes of Skin Surgery: A Concise Visual Aid is an easy-to-consult and highly illustrated reference for surgeons and patients alike. This text takes a major step forward in establishing a realistic basis for the decision-making process during a consultation. Procedures highlighted in the text include: the excision of benign and malignant tumors; diagnostic biopsies; cryosurgery; curettage for superficial lesions; and photodynamic therapy.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Breast

Christian J. Gabka / Heinz Bohmert

Thieme

Pioneering. Proven. Practical. This practical guide will help surgeons stay one step ahead in the fast-paced specialty of breast surgery. It combines proven methods with pioneering techniques, and patient-oriented procedures with in-depth theory. What?s more, it features over 600 high-quality illustrations and photographs.

This new revised edition of Bohmert?s highly successful work provides extended material on cosmetic breast surgery and improved, updated illustrations. As a result, it is an excellent teaching manual, a reliable reference for surgeons and consultants, and an invaluable tool in day-to-day practice.

Eyelid & Periorbital Surgery

Clinton D. McCord Jr. / Mark A. Codner

Quality Medical Publishing

Benefit from the keen insights and expert knowledge of Clinton McCord Jr., MD and Mark Codner, MD as they share their vast experience in treating aesthetic and reconstructive problems of the eyelids and periorbital area in this master work. No other book provides this depth of experience – with an oculoplastic surgeon and a plastic surgeon pooling their talents and their unique insights to offer readers the advantage of their combined expertise. The result is a remarkable 2-volume clinical work that provides comprehensive guidance for solving both common and rare problems encountered in treating eyelid and periorbital conditions. It is destined to find a valued place in the libraries of young and experienced surgeons alike.

This 2-volume/DVD combination covers it all – from basic anatomy to the latest refinements and advances in technique. Divided into 3 parts, the book begins with "Fundamentals" and includes 4 significant chapters on anatomy; eyelid function, innervation, and biomechanics; basic principles; and tissue grafts. These initial chapters provide an important foundation for planning aesthetic and reconstructive surgical interventions, and include essential information on eyelid physiology, acquiring donor tissues for use in eyelid surgery, and basic suturing and flap techniques.

Grabb's Encyclopedia of Flaps

Strauch / Vasconez / Hall-Findlay / Lee

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Now in its thoroughly updated Third Edition, this classic work is the most comprehensive reference ever published on surgical flaps for reconstructing defects in all parts of the body. In 535 clearly organized chapters, internationally recognized surgeons describe and illustrate every clinically proven flap option available for repairing every routine and unusual defect. Complementing the text are hundreds of clinical photographs and diagrams of anatomy, blood supply, flap design, and operative procedures.

The Third Edition features 45 new chapters by experts who have made landmark contributions to the recent literature. Many chapters from the previous edition have been completely revised. Wherever appropriate, the editors have added editorial comments to guide the reader in selection of flaps.

The volumes are extensively indexed and organized by anatomic region, and chapters follow a uniform format that clearly presents all the information needed on each flap—indications, anatomy, blood supply, surgical techniques, complications, safeguards to keep in mind, and advantages and disadvantages of the flap. From this remarkably complete collection of clinical information, surgeons can select with confidence the best flap for safe, predictable, and aesthetically acceptable results.

Purchasers of the three-volume set will have access to a companion Website featuring the fully searchable text.

An Illustrated Handbook of Flap-Raising Techniques

Kartick G. Krishnan

Thieme

When dealing with severe injuries that result in larger areas of destruction of the skin, or when extensive skin cancers must be removed, it is crucial that these defects are repaired with skin that is transposed from neighbouring areas of the body. This book describes in a very accessible manner the most efficient means of creating flaps for the repair of larger skin injuries to the extremities, such that vasculature remains in tact and the flaps take without problems.

This convenient manual will be of great interest to orthopedic surgeons, general surgeons, and trauma surgeons. The text is concise, the book is highly illustrated with excellent drawings by the author, providing a helpful guide for all flap-raising techniques in the extremities.

Rhinology and facial plastic surgery

Stucker / De Souza / Kenyon / Lian / Draf / Schick

Springer

This unique, outstanding and comprehensive textbook on diseases of the nose is unsurpassed in its kind. "Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery" covers and illustrates all relevant surgical steps and surgical procedures with unique step-by-step illustrations, including many in color. A combination of current research and comprehensive didactic text provides the reader with a well-balanced view of all that is happening in rhinology. This textbook also includes nasal aesthetic/plastic procedures. Written in exhaustive detail by the world’s leading authorities, this book will remain the benchmark for many years.